1965 Pulitzer Prize

The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1965.

Journalism awards

Public Service:
- The Hutchinson News, for its courageous and constructive campaign, culminating in 1964, to bring about more equitable reapportionment of the Kansas Legislature, despite powerful opposition in its own community.
Local General or Spot News Reporting:
- Melvin H. Ruder of Hungry Horse News, a weekly in Columbia Falls, Montana, for his daring and resourceful coverage of a disastrous flood that threatened his community, an individual effort in the finest tradition of spot news reporting.
Local Investigative Specialized Reporting:
- Gene Goltz of the Houston Post, for his expose of government corruption in Pasadena, Texas, which resulted in widespread reforms.
National Reporting:
- Louis M. Kohlmeier of The Wall Street Journal, for his enterprise in reporting the growth of the fortune of President Lyndon B. Johnson and his family.
International Reporting:
- J. A. Livingston of the Philadelphia Bulletin, for his reports on the growth of economic independence among Russia's Eastern European satellites and his analysis of their desire for a resumption of trade with the West.
Editorial Writing:
- John R. Harrison of The Gainesville Sun, for his successful editorial campaign for better housing in his city.
Editorial Cartooning:
- No award given.
Photography:
- Horst Faas of Associated Press, for his combat photography of the war in South Vietnam during 1964.

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